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Re:From Prison to Programming by Akronymus on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:09PM (#32705031)
> People seem to think everyone being a programmer is needed otherwise humanity will fall.

Programming is truly fun for a very select group of people. (I count myself as one of those( But even then, as a job it is almost always miserable in some form.

I encourage people to check it out if its for them, I dont think they should be gaslit into becoming programmers.

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Re:From Prison to Programming by squeaky-clean on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:39PM (#32705335)
Yeah I encourage lots of people to try coding as a hobby the same way I encourage everyone to learn an instrument. Do it! Have fun!

But telling someone to learn to code as a career choice is only slightly less insulting than saying to learn guitar as a career choice.

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